2013 – 14: Our Impact Our Mission The American Indian College Fund transforms Indian higher education by funding and creating awareness of the unique, community-based accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities, offering students access to knowledge, skills, and cultural values which enhance their communities and the country as a whole.
Our Commitment to You For 25 years, the American Indian College Fund (the College Fund) has been committed to transparency and accountability. We consistently earn top ratings from independent charity evaluators. • W e earned the “Best in America Seal of Excellence” from the Independent Charities of America. Of the one million charities operating in the United States, fewer than 2,000 organizations have been awarded this seal. • T he College Fund meets the Standards for Charity Accountability of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance. • T he College Fund received an A- rating from the American Institute on Philanthropy. • T he College Fund consistently receives high ratings from Charity Navigator.
How Your Donations Are Used
Fulfilling Our Mission: Scholarships, Programs, and Public Education
79%
Fundraising
15%
Total number/% first-generation scholars . . . . . . .
1,553/39%
American Indian College Fund scholars can afford to go to college without financial assistance.
6%
Management and General
Only 1 in 20
1,245 students graduated from a tribal college in 2013-14.
Associate of Arts . . . . . . . . Associate of Arts and Science Associate of Science . . . . . . Bachelor of Arts . . . . . . . . Bachelor of Fine Arts . . . . . Bachelor of Science . . . . . .
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Bachelor’s of Social Work Certificate . . . . . . . . Diploma . . . . . . . . . Master of Arts . . . . . . Other . . . . . . . . . . .
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= 10 scholars American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) per capita income nationwide was reported at with 28.9% living below poverty level.
$16,777
(American Community Survey, 2013, for previous 12 months, in 2013 inflation-adjusted dollars.) Poverty figures are often much higher on reservations.
Total dollar amount of scholarships awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$6,406,171
Total number of students awarded scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,952
Total number of scholarships awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6,452
Average cost of attendance at a tribal college is
$14,566
(American Indian Higher Education Consortium for 2013-14.)
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Tribal Colleges and Universities Map The American Indian College Fund received scholarship applications from students in 48 states in 2013–14 and serves 34 tribal colleges and universities at 77 campus locations in the United States. 32
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Main Campuses Satellite Campuses AIHEC Associate Members Alaska 1 Ilisagvik College Barrow, AK Arizona 2 Diné College, Tsaile, AZ 2a Chinle, AZ 2b Ganado, AZ 2c Window Rock, AZ 2d Tuba City, AZ 2e Kayenta, AZ 2f Crownpoint, NM 2g Shiprock, NM 3 Tohono O’odham Community College Sells, AZ Colorado H American Indian College Fund 8333 Greenwood Blvd. Denver, CO 80221 (303) 426-8900 www.collegefund.org Kansas 4 Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, KS
Michigan 5 Bay Mills Community College, Brimley, MI 6 Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Baraga, MI 7 Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College Mount Pleasant, MI Minnesota 8 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet, MN 8a Minneapolis, MN 8b Red Lake, MN 8c Onamia, MN 9 Leech Lake Tribal College, Cass Lake, MN 10 White Earth Tribal and Community College Mahnomen, MN Montana 11 Aaniiih Nakoda College, Harlem, MT 12 Blackfeet Community College, Browning, MT
13 Chief Dull Knife
College, Lame Deer, MT 14 Fort Peck Community College, Poplar, MT 14a Wolf Point, MT 15 Little Big Horn College Crow Agency, MT 16 Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT 16a Colville, WA Spokane, WA 16b 16c Wellpinit, WA 17 Stone Child College Box Elder, MT Nebraska 18 Little Priest Tribal College Winnebago, NE 18a Sioux City, IA 19 Nebraska Indian Community College Macy, NE 19a Niobrara, NE 19b South Sioux City, NE New Mexico 20 Institute of American Indian Arts Santa Fe, NM
21 Navajo Technical
University Crownpoint, NM 21a Chinle, AZ 22 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque, NM North Dakota 23 Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Totten, ND 24 Fort Berthold Community College New Town, ND 24a Mandaree, ND 24b White Shield, ND 25 Sitting Bull College Fort Yates, ND 25a McLaughlin, SD 26 Turtle Mountain Community College Belcourt, ND 27 United Tribes Technical College Bismarck, ND Oklahoma 28 College of the Muscogee Nation Okmulgee, OK
South Dakota 29 Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD
29a Allen, SD 29b East Wakpamni, SD 29c Eagle Butte, SD 29d Manderson, SD 29e Porcupine, SD 29f Martin, SD 29g Oglala, SD 29h Pine Ridge, SD 29i Wambli, SD 29j Rapid City, SD 30 Sinte Gleska
University, Mission, SD
30a Lower Brule, SD 30b Marty, SD 31 Sisseton Wahpeton
College, Sisseton, SD Virginia u American Indian Higher Education Consortium Alexandria, VA Washington 32 Northwest Indian College Bellingham, WA 32a Auburn, WA
32b Tulalip, WA 32c La Conner, WA 32d Kingston, WA 32e Lapwai, ID
Wisconsin 33 College of Menominee Nation Keshena, WI 33a Green BayOneida Campus 34 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Hayward, WI 34a Odanah, WI 34b Lac du Flambeau, WI 34c Bayfield, WI 34d Hertel, WI AIHEC Associate Members Minnesota 35 Red Lake Tribal College, Red Lake, MN Oklahoma 36 Comanche Nation College, Lawton, OK Wyoming 37 Wind River Tribal College, Ethete, WY
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